Lorton Hound Show Sat 25th July.

Seniors 1 Celtic Malone 2 Silver Spangle 3 Jenny’s Rascal 4 Lady bird 5 Washington 6  Quiet Linnet , 14 Ran  Time 33.24

.Also Ran : Sambuca -Dawn -Jenny’s Rose- Jenny’s Choice – Debra -Overwater Arnie -Tan Ted -Rumours –

Maidens  1  Foxparke Hallelujah 2 Foxparke Hurry On 3 Foxparke So Be It 4 Cracking Mover  5  Foxparke Yabadabbadoo 6 Foxparke Magical Mist. 20 Ran  Time 33.46.

Also Ran :Flash Dance -Come Home Alfie – Eshdale Matilda -Valhalla -My Way -Trooper Thorn -Miterdale Proper –  Foxparke Turbo -Foxparke Ronelle- Howgill Benella -Skidaddle -Chavenel -Thorn Girl  -Stand On-

Pups  1 Silver Charm 2 Huntsman’s Kraka  3 Thorn Dancer 4 Dairy Lightning 5 Billy Bowe 6 Remember Me . 6 Ran Time 21.50.

Puppy Maidens    1 Delta Dawn 2 Silver Lining 3 Kinniside Joe 4 Foxparke Peggy Sue 5 Foxparke Yankee Doodle 6  Oban Express .  14 Ran. Time 21.46

. Also Ran: Billy Whizz -McCoy – Foxparke Lovebug – The Script -Cracking Gold -Artiste -Stroll On -Dairy Thunder.

OR   1 Overwater Bessie 2 Littman 3 Thorn Dolly 4 Carrick 5 Celtic Ty 6 Barton. 13 Ran  Time 19 06. Also Ran : Jimmy Choo -Huntsman’s Jewel – The Penny Arcade -The Last Man – Foxparke Bash On -Foxparke Blackbird -Howgill Blondie.

Report. A beautiful afternoon in the Vale of Lorton ,nice weather for the spectators but it took its toll on the hounds ,one or two had sore feet.

As they crossed the fell in front of us the consensus of opinion was that it was ‘Arnie’ and a Patterdale hound with a lead but as they dropped down the fell towards the finish Quiet Linnet lost the lead to Celtic Malone who led onto the finish and held off Silver Spangle by three lengths, with ‘Rascal back in third.

The senior maidens and they completed the trail only 22 seconds slower than the seniors and a notable achievement for the Napier kennel when they had five out of the six places and one other was seventh. Yabadabbadoo should have won but ran wide on the finish allowing kennelmate Hallelujah to win by a length and only a length back were the third and fourth.

In the junior trail Huntsman’s kraca did most of the ‘driving’ but ran wide in the penultimate field giving ground away to Silver Charm ,who showed she has a fair finishing speed as she came away from the table leader.

In the puppy maidens , three hounds were in contention on the finish ,and to make it a successful afternoon for the Dearham kennel , Delta Dawn held off the challenge of kennelmate Silver lining with KInniside Joe in third.

The final trail and the Open Restricted, the trail everybody wants to run in but not to win , well, not all! because Emily was quite happy to get ‘Bessie’ over the line in front of a well pleased Steve happy with second placed littman.

Hard Work for the hounds and the Committee and as one  owner remarked ,’My hounds aren’t lame they just have sore feet ‘!